The Sun. — London, England, 1810-09-21 00:00:00

MAILS. Ait IV ED --I Dublin. Du E Cadiz, I Lisbon, 'Dublin, 3 Waterford. F R S U N. 3OLEM QUIS DICERL FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1810. We have given at length an account of he Proceed ings yesterday at the Quarterly Meeting of the Bank Proprietors. Some very interesting discus sion took place respeeting the Report of the Bullion Committee; we refer particularly to the speer7h of Mr. RANDALL JACKSON, which contained softie very able observations on the present state of our Paper Currency. He pointed out very successfully some material distinctions between the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons, and the Evidence on which it was founded, and combatted very argumentatively the popular but erroneous idea, that our paper currency was depreciated. - We yesterday stated that no intelligence had been received from Portugal; but the absence of news was amply supplied by reports of a most extraordi nary nature. According to one .account, Lord WELLINGTON has sustained a severe defeat, and had been compelled to retreat, with all possible expedition, towards Lisbon : according to another, his Lordship had advanced, retaken Almeida, and was -pursuing MASSENA, whose army, by Sickness and desertion, had b:en reduced to 25,000 Mert A third re port in circulation, and one which sheaved more originality of invention, was that MASSENA bad re fused to surrender the command of the Army to . a General who had been sent by . BUONArARTE to. supersede him, and that he had actually expelled his intended successor from the camp. The report further went on to state, that MASSENA and his whole Army were in a state of mutiny against Buo- NAPARTE; and to' complete the whole, it . was . added, that JOSEPH BUONAPARTE, finding his cause despe rate had fled from Spain ! EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A SURGEON SERVING IN THE BRITISH 'ARMY IN SICILY, TO HIS FATHER IN LLITII. ' " near Mesina, zz. " You must, before this time, have beard of the situation of this Island. We look every moment for a descent on the coast of the Faro of Messina, by Mu RAT, He has assembled on the opposite coast of Cala bria 40,000 men, and an amazing n•amber of boats of every description, for the transportation of his troops. His army is encamped on the heights above the Castle of Scylla, and his gun-boats and small craft anchored under cover of numerous heavy batteries, which constantly throw shot and shells into the Eng lish camp in Sicily. " The narrowest part of the Straits is scarcely two miles broad. MURAT can be plainly seen in the front of his tent every morning, viewing our prepa rations to receive him. Sir JonN STUART has a fine army encamped all along the Straits, from Messina to what is called the Faro-point, a distance of ten miles. Our batteries are very numerous, with many breast-works to proted the infantry, and studded, literally, with heavy cannon. These works have been raised in less than a month. " Our gun-boats have had several engagements with those of the enemy, wherein the English have. always been successful. Three actions took , Place in full view of both armies ; the sight was noble, but very galling to the French, to see their vessels Carried off before. their eyes. Yesterday morning and last night we „made a general attack on their line of boats,.and did great mischief. We had riot less than...l4 mortar-boats, with mortars of to inch -.calibre, and on the . Faro-point, two of . 131 inches, which threW completely, .across, to their great an noyance. They, on their part, threw-..21b. shot in to our camp, but only one man .was killed. Two sloops of i.var ran in amongst the enemy's craft, 'and made terrible havoc. Four line-of-battle ships, and some frigates and sloops, are moored within the Faro, tinder the com mand of Rear-Admiral MARTIN.— , .They are a great tierror-to King MURATI 4 Notwithstanding his vaunt ing, if be makes the attempt to laud, he will 'get a warm reception. SIC JOHN STVAiIT has concentrat ed his whole force at the Straits, and curs is the regiment not actively employed. " We are left to garrison this place, and have thrown ourselves into the citadel, in case of a siege. Every thing is ready for a vigorous defence, should the enemy efleet a landing. The place is strong, and , will hold out a long tithe.. Should it. come to thiS, affairs will be bad indeed. • Another month will de cide the fate of Sicily. That Munkr will attempt it, not a doubt exists in any mind. He can do it nowhere but- in the face of cannon ; dreadful will Ise,the coniliq. We have the advantage of situa- tiOn ; he in numbers. We have only 15,00'0, Ice has 40,000 men. We ;ire in no fear. The army is under arms all night, and - they sleep all day. " MURAT embarks his army every night at sun set, and disembarks them in the morning. He has two regiments of cavalry which he declares he will . swim'over—this can easily be effetted, provided his infantry make good their landing. I hate often seen horses swim across the Straits of Messina . We bear Murat's army is getting sickly and discon tented ; he has hung many for expressing their se3- timents too freely ; we can see wiih . the naked eye the wretches banging on the gibbets, at least 30 of then, four of them officers. " JULY 25.—1 am just informed another attack has been made by our mortar-boats, and with such effect, that the enemy have moved their encamp ments farther off. Some of the enemy's boats have deserted to us, and some we have destroyed. A vast number of 'their men have been killed and wounded; on our side we had a very little loss." The Morning Paper which contained the article respeaing the Madras Mutiny, upon which we yes terday submitted some observations to our Headers, has this day thought proper to accuse us of "an unfair mode of dealing," becau>e we did not give the whole of 'the article in question. We are much Sur prised that such a censure should have come from a Public Print, for if the principle were to be allowed, no Public Journal would have an opportunity of mak ing any observations at all upon temporary matters, as its coluMns must be filled with the documents them selves, and there would be no room for the remarks which they might naturally suggest till the subject would be stale. We yekterday animadverted upon all the essential points, and instead of blaming us for not inserting the whole of a long article, it would have been wiser in the Print alluded to, to have shewn the fallacy of our observations, if they were not well founded. Now that our atten- tion is again attra6led towards the document in ques tion, we think it proper to observe, that if it was really the production of two senior Dire tors of the East India Company, we conceive that they have a,Sled with a great want of decorum, and much dis respect towards the general body of Direaors, in submitting such a Paper to the Public at large, • and dating it from the India House, as if it were an Official Document. We are as little disposed as the. Newspaper alluded to, to give any positive bpi nions on the comparative merits of Sir GEORGE BARLOW and Mr. PETRIE j but as the conduEt of the former has received the sandion and approbation of so enlightened a charaaer as Lord MINTo, with • every advantage of local information, and as that sanetion and approbation have been fully confirmed at home, it would ill become us to think slightly of the decision of so wise and able a Statesman as his Lordship, and so respectable a body as the Court of Diretlors. The communication with Malaga has been greatly interrupted since the occupation of tl.it port by the French, and Many misrepresentations have been made from accounts on insufficient authority. A letter has come to our hands from thence, dated the end of July, 'in which it is said that no new duties had been imposed since the French controul there, but it was supposed that the enemy would avail himself of such a source of revenue as Soon as he could do so with anyprospe& of advantage. No further contributions had been recently demanded: The Pole's in garrison concluded themselves with strict discipline, and to the general approbation of the inhabitants. Some Spanish Officers had been sent from Cadiz to the neigbouhood of Marbella, a few leagues to the West of Malaga, to. organize the patriotic peasantry in that vicinity. We have information from .a most respectable quarter that 50,000 stand of arms are immediately to be sent to Spain, one, half to Gallicia, and the' remainder to Valencia and Catalonia. Some additional letters have reached us horn the Rio de la Plata, by which we learn that three of the Judges of the Real Audiencia, and the Fiscals of the Civil and Criminal Courts, accompanied CISNEROS, when he was disposed of on board the Dart sct n destined for Cadiz. It is asserted tluit the deter mination of the new Junta to get rid of these,Func tionaries arose from their interfertnce I,vith the Pro visional Govel\nment, and from their endeavours to excite dissafisfadion among the people. The Viceroy was allowed in his retirement an annuity of *20,000 dollars,. which was equal to halt his salary. l'he Reget.i, who from his office succeeds to the go vernMent in case of the death of. the Viceroy,' and who ;vas President of the Real Audienea, was al lotved to remain at Buenos Ayres, not only on ac count of his age and infirmities, but froth the ge neral approbation of his conduct. The opposition at Montevideo to the new order of things was attri buted entirely to the interference of the Spaniards _residing at Buenos Ayres. The Deal Volunteer Artillery Companies bad a field day on - . Sunday last, and were inspected by Lieut.-Colonel WEBB (the Inspecting Field Officer ,of the DistriCt), who highly approved of their dis -ciplineand appearance. They afterwards proceeded to Walmet Castle, where they were r:Niewed and inspected by the Right Honourable the Lord War , den of the Cinque' Ports, who, alter a most minute inspection, was also pleased to•ex'press his entire approbation at the very efficient state Of the Corps. A penny post-office has been establihhecl in Bath and the neighbouring villages. NAVAL NEWS- PLY:A(3I.2TR, SEPT. 19.--Arrived the Goa/NE:lit, Haar, William and Ann, SLOCOMBE, SpeCti/t;;T, DAVIEi, Perseverance, SMITH, Samuel, FuRsE, and Gratitude, JENKINS, from Wales; •the Jane, BLYTH, George, STEPHENSON, and John, SMI from Sun derland. Sailed his Majesty's brig Mariner, tVith a convoy, for the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 20.-Came in yesterday 'lli Majesty's ship Thracian from the Eastward. Sailed his Majesty's ship Dexterous, with a convoy, fur Plymouth. DEAL, 20.—Arrived the Idas cutter and Flying Fish schooner from the fleet off Flushing. Came down from the River the Catherine, HAGUE, for Cork, and remriins for convoy. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 23.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Belvidera, Capt. BYRON. The master of the vessel lost near Scilly in August last, (at that time supposed,to be the Juno, in con sequence of an cat• washing on shore with thlt name on it) is THOMAS Ox-roN, his body having been washed on shore near Padstow, and by the bill ot. sundries fiiund in his pocket, .for the use of the ship's company, the, following are supposed to be part of his crew, viz.— -.Matthew John Bremelow - Andrew • John Crune Lawson F. Carpenter 1. Winder James ilenery, and Ennis John White. • There is little doubt but the above vessel was the Grenada, Captain T. OXTON, from Grenada. The Lamb., JACKSON, of Boston, (the property of Mr. W'ILFORD, Merchant), bound to Poole, with oats for Government, was nearly captured on the .sth inst. by a French cutter privateer, off Fairleigh, which was on the point of boarding the Lamb,wl , en one of his Majesty's brigs of war being seen stand ing across her liaise, the Frenchman sheered off— " very much," as Capt. JACKSON says, in a laconic letter to his owner, " to my satisfaction." He adds, " Z hear the cutter is taken by the brig of war." THE LYCEUM.—This Theatre was opened again last night, for the regular performers, who aEt under the authority of the Drury-lane Patentees, with the addition of a few recruits from Mr. ARNOLD'S Summer Company. The play was The Hypocrite. We have before animadverted' on the merits of the performance, in "which DOWTON was conspicuous for characteristic truth in Cantwell, MATHEWS for ludictOus accuracy, in representing the manners and attainments of some of the lower order of Methodist Preachers in Mow-worm, and Mrs. EDWIN for spirit and gaiety in charlotte. It is to be regrated, however, that this lively Actress will not endeavour'. to acquire- " a temperance" which may " give smoothness " to her humour, as it is in general somewhat too boisterous and violent. A Mr: WALDEGRAVE made his fir3t appearance, in Seyward. He possesses a tolerable face and.tignie, and has the rare merit of speaking naturally. He supported the part with evident modesty, good sense, and feeling.—The Farce was Tile Mayor of Garratt, which was very well supported by Dow- Tom, RUSSELL, WEWITZER, and Miss MELLON, in' the Major, Sneak, Heel-tap, and Mrs. Sneak.— The house was crowded.—The Theatre has been newly' painted and decorated during the very short period since the closing of the Summer Theatre, and exhibited a light, pleasing, and elegant aspect. The AsHLEYS are going upon a Musical excursion to Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c. &c. and they have wisely engaged CATALANI to take a part in this en terpr*. iVirs. GLOVER, it is said, is engaged for the Ly ceum, and sherwill be a valuable. addition to its Company. NEW MAYORS. - 7 - Dr. LOCKYER, on of Mr. LOCKYER, merchant, is, as we stated before, eleeted Mayor of Plymouth. G. DELL, Esq. is elected Mayor of Dover; and J. MAJOR, Esq. Mayor of Folkstone, in Kent, fur the ensuing year.—Friday last, being Holy Cross Day, the choice of a Mayor of Canterbury, for the ensuing year, took place, when Mr. Alderman Pour, and Mr. Alderman W. KEENE were nominated. The numbers were, for Mr. Alderman POUT 370, and for Mr. 'alderman KEENE 207, giving the former a majority of 163 votes ; upon which the Sheriff declared him duly elected. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. 21 This day's Market had a short supply of different kinds of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork, and Lamb, sold at last prices-; -and the trade for the most pait, was not over brisk.-The salts in the Kay Market were not lively ; Hay, StraW, aril Clover fetched last , price.—The undermentioned prices and numbers are an accurate statement To sink the offal per stone of 81 b. Beef 41. 13d, to ss. 4d. Minton 4s. gd. to Ss: SA. Veal Ss. 041 Li., 7s. od. Pork Ss. od. to 7s. od. LatJZb 4s. S(1 , to 6b 4d. Beasts 653. Sheep and Lambs 4,600. Calves 22". Pigs Ise. SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET. Flay 61. os. od. to tol. os. od. Straw 2i. ICS. Pd. to ji. 3s. od. Clover 71. OS. od. to tol. ,os. od. CORN EXCHANGE, S E PT. 21.-7-The market to-day. continues with considerable supplies of Foreign Wheat, but few. arrivals coastwise, and sales nearly at List prices ; Barley and Malt continue to, fluctuate but little; White Pease likewise:; Beans of the two descriptions, rather dearer; there are tolerable sup plies of Oats on band, and sales., at little . variation ; FlOor at last prices. Wheat 7os a 85s a toos Tick Beans - -• 48s a 54s Fine ditto - -105 s 11l 110 S Oats - -22 S 24$ a 2.Ss Rye -.-- 45$ a sos Poland ditto -3 1 0 S a 33$ Barley - - - 30$ a 42$ Potatoe ditto - 374 a --t , Malr -•- ' - 72$ a Bos Rape Seed . : Of a 521 White Pease • - cos a 544 Fine Flour ' - 80 a 915: Grey ditto - • 4 85 a 54s Seconds - . - Bps a sp. Beans - - . szs a sSs O TING MTELLIGENCE. KINGSCOIE RACES. TUESDAY, SFPT. I 4 The Kingcote.Stakes of zsgs each, with s,gs 2cicied by th C Club. Three miles. IA C. H. Somerset's Scorpion hl r. G. t%'c - rall named Mountaineer - Sir j. kiawkins's Martha, filly, beat Mr. Bourerie'S -- ceresc p Red post in, sogs h, tt. Dotiverie's Wood Da:mon heat Mr. Whitmore's G 1456. blower, New course, bogs h. tt. A Plate of hogs two-mile heats, for three, four, five, six l t olds, and aged, Mr. Pigot's b. h. York IA C. H. Somerset's Sunbeam . Mr. Terrcit's . 011. g. jostler Mr. Douglas', , Delusion Sir H. Lippincot's Viscountess - 4 3 5 4 2 2 dr 3 5 " W ED N ESD AY . --- - * An interesting foot race drew the company t oge ther an ' , p ° e before the usual time. It was between a pr o f esse d runner 01 the name Of Chapman and Mr. E Probyn, which was ‘ o ` easily by the former, although Mr. P. had beat him the sa (1) , distance at Brighton, last month.--lietting at starting 7W 7 on Chapman. A S weepstak,es of sgs each, with tongs added by the Clull for horses that never won loc.gs at any one time, excePt 3 Maddington, ISibury, or Kingscote. —Four miles. • 1 Ld Sackvilles Wood Da..mon - a Col. Kingscote's ch. g, by Sorcerer, 4 yrs old - 3 Mr. Dundas"s Landscape, 5 yrs old - HORRID MURDER. (PROM A. GERMAN PARER) There lately happened in the neighbourhO o3 0f Frankfort upon-the-Oder, an event, wnicti is Or sidered as an infliCtion of the Divine v t no-eance A woman, conceiving that her I - nisei:lid, wa s ; a , soldier in the Prussian service, hi,d been kited ' 1- the battle of Jena, in 1806, mart ied anoth: r 11 13° ,: It turned out that her husband had been 0 1 wounded .and taken priioner by tire Frencn• ' care was soon effected, and the soldier, on recover' ing, joined one of the Prussian regiments wh'cli at, that period entered into the pay of France. Af tc 7 serving upwards of three years in Spain, tie was ills.' charged, and returned suddenly to his native e° °I ; o : try. On reaching his old habitation he appearrd be greatly rejoiced to find his wife alive. She ceived him, according to the statement 0 1 s'' ye- i l d young personS who were at the door when the c ! 5 soldier arrived, with every mark of affection Nstbi c d ~ so long an 'absence" might naturally be siii;P ° %, to produce. It is probable that she did not a y° the new matrimonial connection she had fort - 'ed. After partaking of sortie refreshment, and 0 5 .. ing a short account of his adventures and e , c 4 ': be complained of being gunte overcome .witb, .(), 4 tigue. His wife advisedr him to retire to re-t ,w°1 ,... he did. She immediately conceived the horrid V, ie pose of instigating her new husband to dispatch .a unwelcome visitor in his sleep, After a short : lc , teival passed in devising the means and pro vid . ll l, against deteaion, they accomplished' _their oll e oa by strangling the poor man, and put his body , i" 1 1 sack. About midnight, in conveying it to the °Li ,4 the weight of the corpse burk the sack, and 0 %, tire legs was protruded. The woman set a bout g i e o , nd ing up the rent, ain her hurry arid cont°'lo,.. sewed in at the saute time the skirts of bet' plice's coat. Having reached the bank of the "`, l - D , and Making a great:et-Ibn to precipitate his V Byer far into the stream- as possible, he was dragge d ' the elevated ground be had choSen, into 10 1 . 04 with the corpse. He contrived, partly by' s l o e? ming, and partly by treading • the bottom, to po his head above water, for several minutes. 5 10 woman not considering how important it v3 „,itli keep silent at this critical moment, filled the 311 4 - 0 her cries, and brought to the spot several Pe 3 ; t ed who, at the hazard of their own lives, eSir l i , be it the drowning man from his perilous situation•l'd to surprize at finding so large a substance atut c e tie d him, was great, but much . greater when they t ° that it was a dead body. On inspection the re sif peared such marks of vinlence about the thr° 3 :ie not to leave any doubt that the man had bee t ' 1 .01 doted, The man and woman on being chj j aj with the crime, made a, full a foil confessio° were consigned to the officers of justice. • 0 3 INDLING.-A man of genteel appeara il Loo s insinuening address, has been practising delir e " - c or on the town for about a fortnight, to a vol e at s siderable extent, by assuming ditrnient cb ar a fig , and titles. He first made his appearance 3t C. lood mily hotel, under the feigned name of ° „01 1 , Smith, and obtained considerable articles 'tl ery, &c. He took a house in Coiiain-stre et ' o rd called himself the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, and nrc c i i , f expensive furniture of ditic.rent upholsterer" , ` rs 0 whom he hasdefrauded. He is about 3 5 Y e3 ,,, , 0 t age, and near six feet in height, 4IL I wears po" in his clerical disguises. He is supposed to be i , ai° wl ing contributions at the East end ut the to" tnevchanr. A ddel wa mOril ln sefr ht ear' resterda tie' ws (mtg. r y . \V inibledon a Common; between M re t. Robe, a for and a Veterinary Surgeon lately returned frc w ' toga!, whose name we understand to be Leve r : g ' Ol dispute Was occasioned by Mr. Robe persj sti ; l o o : trespassing. with his dog and gun-over the. sf- i,e r of his antagonist near • Kingston, after having warned ofF;' but the immediate challenge in consevenee,of the tbrMer having inetla c ',,, , lP: latter with. his . The parties fired tvvice' l Mr. Robe was wontided in his % ,hand, %chic° pir dressed at Battersea Bridge on his return to don, and, he is in ,a, fair way of doing well. ( 0 p A singular instance of the attachment t occurred a few days back: A Mr, Ciar;" ll - it ' e f ; working jeweller, of Petty-Fiance, Web"i li for e having some' articles -which he had firrishe" po i l ; lady in the neighbourhood Of Oxford road, ,g deliver thern, - and took with. him young-':pl a r the Newfouneiland breed: When he had r' ot the lady's residence, he thought it unglit 11 1 it 1. 6 1" prudent on his part to introduce the arlir ° ll ! v ; the house; in consequence of which, hef l ' r iti e a trieridot his who lodged in a second o°° :,fi f d, house in Oxford-street, and asked pertu is3 ,-00,4 leave his•dog for a tew minutes, which wa s g ,; 0 (1 1 1 ;ii The windows fronting the street being animal finding himself shut in, and perc eiC , l i l Ai master crossing the road, jumped from tJY into the street; .fortunatelV, the poor ) no bones broken by the tall, but he co llw accross the loins. l'cli r ( court r A ( Yeslerch: )'" t he C ornn 91 r 0 5 , - r ail f or Mr, lter - . 4Ni a f ew lion of 4) kt `i'ttitte e , L at circus; die Co mmo one of tl thrPl • i b erii ; Ce sa ol tqqy i ,out 41 1 ti 1 . () 20, 41_0(11 ti rn . e P matte The ( tak ell tithe s had L i with U.e 1 4tec tidie s Lank Paris thi Vieio IHrge Thigh lo to issu e been feel alad, of cc a PP%